Where does “bahasa” come from?

bahasa (Cia-Cia) comes from Indonesian Bahasa, from Malay bahasa, from Sanskrit भाषा, from Sanskrit भाष.

bahasa (Cia-Cia): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “bahasa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IndonesianBahasalanguage
2Malaybahasalanguage; decorum, appropriate social behavior
3Sanskritभाषाspeech, language; any Prakrit dialect or a...
4Sanskritभाष—
Every word from Sanskrit भाष →Every word from Sanskrit भाषा →Every word from Malay bahasa →